Stoughton, Leicestershire

Stoughton (/ˈstoʊtən/ ⓘ) is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire.

Other nearby places are Houghton on the Hill and Great Stretton.

The parish church of St Mary and All Saints contains monuments to members of the Farnham and Beaumont families.

Leicester Airport is close to the village; Stoughton Farm Park (formerly Stoughton Grange Farm), which was closed following the foot-and-mouth crisis and now houses a number of small businesses, is nearby.

In 2008, the airport and adjacent land was the subject of a proposal to build an eco-town of some 15,000 to 20,000 new homes, with the provisional name of Pennbury.